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Qualifier vs Subregional - What's the difference?

qualifier | subregional |

As nouns the difference between qualifier and subregional

is that qualifier is one who qualifies for something, especially a contestant who qualifies for a stage in a competition while subregional is (sports) a tournament, especially a qualifier, held below the regional level.

As an adjective subregional is

of or pertaining to a subregion.

qualifier

English

(wikipedia qualifier)

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who qualifies for something, especially a contestant who qualifies for a stage in a competition.
  • A preliminary stage of a competition.
  • * 2011 , Phil McNulty, Euro 2012: Montenegro 2-2 England [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/15195384.stm]
    • But England's final qualifier , played out in the hostile surroundings of Podgorica City Stadium, turned on two incidents that will have cast a cloud over Capello's delight at reaching another major tournament.
  • (grammar) A word or phrase, such as an adjective or adverb, that describes or characterizes another word or phrase, such as a noun or verb; a modifier; that adds or subtracts attributes to another.
  • (computing, programming) A marker that qualifies or modifies another code element.
  • * 2012 , Conor Sexton, C++ Programming Made Simple
    • The qualifier const may be prefixed to any declaration, and specifies that the value to which the data object is initialised cannot subsequently be changed.

    Synonyms

    * (grammar) modifier

    See also

    * (grammar) determiner

    subregional

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of or pertaining to a subregion

    • Related terms

    * subregionally

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (sports) A tournament, especially a qualifier, held below the regional level
  • *{{quote-news, year=2007, date=March 20, author=David Picker, title=Lower Seed at Home? Women’s Sites a Puzzle, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=Teams playing in those subregionals welcomed this news because it eliminated the chance of playing against a home team. }}